June 18th, 2012

I’ve had lots of failed batches of homemade mayonnaise.  However, I think I’ve finally cracked the code.  A friend of mine told me her secret: there’s a hole in the top of a Cuisinart just for mayo making.  Genius.  This tiny litt…

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June 15th, 2012

by guest blogger, Katie Short
The news outlets are buzzing today with various musings on Yale student Timothy Pachirat’s report from his time inside an industrial slaughterhouse in Kansas and his subsequent book, “Every Twelve Seconds.” I should …

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May 29th, 2012

This potato salad is super-yumma-lish.  Anyone who likes potato salad usually loves this one.

Boil:
6 medium red potatoes with skin on; if I use white potatoes they are usually peeled. I cut either into cubes before boiling.

Mix:
1 cup mayonn…

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May 26th, 2012

by Caroline ~age 2

Momma is too tired to tell you about our seven-hour sauerkraut endeavors so she asked me to blog about it for her.  First you need to start with about 40 pounds of cabbage.  You could start with a more realistic amount, s…

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May 24th, 2012

by Diane Loftness

Here is a probiotic salad dressing that we eat nearly every day.

Before I tell you the ingredients, I need to tell you about my family’s favorite way to eat lacto-fermented beets and turnips. (Lacto-fermenting is a fancy way of say…

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May 17th, 2012

It is almost the time of year when we southerners purposely start locking the car so that random people don’t stuff bags of baseball bat sized zucchini behind the driver’s seat.

Find yourself in this predicament?  Make fruit snacks.
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May 17th, 2012

I have learned much about toothpaste since posting the picture of my family’s toothpaste!  This is yet another prime example that as consumers we must be diligent to read labels.  Read them and understand what they mean.

Thank yo…

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May 14th, 2012

Since boasting of being cavity-free for four years despite switching to fluoride-free toothpaste and drinking non-fluorideated water, some people have asked what toothpaste I use.

Finding a fluoride-free toothpaste that my fit my family’s taste…

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May 10th, 2012

Vividly I can recall my first real encounter with a water snob.

We were in Phoenix, Arizona – standing in a hot church vestibule. My new friend took a drink of her bottled water.  With a crumpled face she said, “Yech!  This tastes nasty!”

I…

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May 9th, 2012

Sponsored by the Weston A. Price Foundation

If you have given birth between May 1, 2010 and May 1, 2012, we welcome your participation in our survey. The purpose of this survey is to collect information that can help us determine how certain foods an…

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May 8th, 2012

I was a bit nervous when my semi-annual dental appointment rolled around this week.  My dental history has been speckled with sticky probes in the crevasses of my teeth.  However, I’m glad to announce that I was cavity-free!

It has b…

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April 25th, 2012

By no means do I know of all the farmers’ markets in Little Rock but here are four markets I can give details about.  If you know of others, spread the love and leave a comment.  

1.  Argenta Certified Arkansas Farmers’ Market 
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